Regina and Andreas Pfuhl wearing traditional Bukiner Tracht, taken in June of 1961 at the Bukiner Treffen (reunion) in Speyer, Germany.
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This wedding picture shows Anna Wieland and Johan Schmidt taken on 02-03-1937. A typical wedding party included the brides and grooms parents, god parents and close relatives as well as up to 300 invited guests... Front row second from left is Andreas Pfuhl at age three.
The following was sent to us from Andreas Pfuhl:
The clothes of the girls ( "TRACHT") was similar in the villages of Bukin, Obrovac and Parabutsch. They were wearing dark, long skirts with flowers on it, which were pleated and made of 4 meters of cloth. Below these skirts they were wearing 4 - 5 hard (stiff) underskirts made of linen. The diameter of these skirts was about 1 meter to 1.20 meter. You can see this on the pictures which I sent for our picture page. My wife Regina (see top two pictures) is wearing a skirt with roses on it and a scarf in the same color with black fringes. The apron is black and repeats the color of the roses. Married women always wore a bonnet on their head with flowers. They also wore a velvet ribbon on their neck with a small cross. Often, they also wore a chain with white pearls. In their hand they held a white handkerchief with flowers ........ for the church, they had a prayer-book and a rosary with them.
During the warmer summer times women were wearing a white blouse and
in the
winter a warmer blouse. Women also wore handmade white stockings and black
leather shoes which were handmade by the Bukin shoemaker.
The wealthier girls had different skirts in different colors:
bordeaux-red,
rose-red, navy-blue, emerald green, etc. which they were wearing for
different
occasions.
The traditional clothing of the men was made of black woolen fabric and
developed in the years 1810 - 1920. The jacket was double row and had four
buttonholes and a short revers. Men were wearing a black vest with silver
buttons. The men wore pants with a codpiece for their colored
handkerchiefs (look at the picture). The traditional clothing for men also
included a black hat made of felt. During the cold months men were wearing
a
short coat made of black woolen fabric, a lining of sheepskin and a fur
collar
and they also wore a fur hat. Since the year 1920 men were more and more
wearing
modern suits.
I hope these descriptions will help viewers in understanding the traditional clothes
of
Bukin on our homepage. The picture page of our homepage
really show the life in former Bukin. The photos which I sent you were
made in
June 1961.
Andreas Pfuhl